1889.] 



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derately punctured with brown ; lateral borders denticulated ; scutellum 

 reaching beyond the base of the membrane, with five longitudinal, in- 

 distinct, somewhat catenulate elevated ridges, which are sprinkled with 

 luteous, the median ridge generally most indistinct : membrane pale 

 fuscous, extending beyond the apex of the abdomen : beneath and legs 

 concolorous, thickly and finely punctured with brown : tibiEB sulcated 

 (Distant), $ , long 16, breadth at base of corium 8 ; exp. angles pronot. 

 11 millims. ?, long 17, breadth at base of corium, 8|, exp. angles 

 pronot. 12 mill. 



This species approaches M. coccinea, Walker, but differs in its much 

 greater breadth: some specimens are of a much darker colour than 

 others. 



Reported from the Naga hills 2000-6000 feet; N. Khasiya hills 

 1500-3000 feet. 



432. Macrina coccinea. Walker. 



Macrina coccinea, Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 497 (1876); Distant, A. M. N. H., (S 

 B.), iii, p. 45 (1879). 



Bright red, very elongate-oval ; head acute, a little longer than 

 broad ; tylus transversely striated ; juga contiguous, obliquely sti-iated : 

 eyes not prominent : rostrum partly black, extending to the first coxce : 

 antennae slender ; second joint much longer than the third, as long as 

 the fourth ; fifth longer than the fourth, sometimes mostly black : prono- 

 tum and scutellum transversely rugulose ; the former with a ridge be- 

 tween the posterior angles, which are acute, elongated and slightly in- 

 clined forward ; sides in front serrated ; a transverse, sometimes testa- 

 ceoiis, callus on each side near the anterior margins : scutellum much 

 attenuated, rounded at the tip, with a few or many yellow speckles : 

 abdomen truncated at the tip ; legs slender : hemelytra thickly and* 

 minutely punctured; membrane pellucid (Walker). Body long, 141-15 

 mill. 



Reported from Penang, India, Assam, Sikkim (mihi). 



Genus Tbtkoda, Am. & Serv. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 177 (1843) : Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 355 (1851) ; Walter, 

 Cat. Het., iii, p. 493 (1868) : Stal, Hem. Afric, i, p. 234 (1864) ; En. Hem., v., p. 118, 

 122 (1876). 



Head with the juga long, gradually acuminate, slightly diverging 

 outwards, somewhat straight, and tip slightly rounded ; narrowed from 

 the eyes, not incised at the eyes, lateral margins for the most part 

 Straight : second joint of antennfs a little shorter than the third, rest 



